This is an open-entry article distributed underneath the phrases of the Inventive Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in different forums is permitted, provided the original writer(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the unique publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted tutorial apply. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which doesn't adjust to these terms. Latest developments in science and know-how point to the need to unify, and extend, the definition of memory. On the one hand, molecular neurobiology has proven that memory is largely a neuro-chemical course of, which includes conditioning and any type of saved expertise. However, information technology has led many to assert that cognition can also be extended, that is, memory may be saved exterior of the brain. On this paper, we evaluate these advances and describe an extended definition of memory. This definition is basically accepted in neuroscience however not explicitly stated.
In the prolonged definition, memory is the capability to store and retrieve info. Does this new definition of memory imply that everything is now a form of memory? We stress that memory nonetheless requires incorporation, that's, in corpore. It is a relationship - where one biological or chemical course of is incorporated into one other, and changes both in a everlasting approach. Taking a look at pure and biological processes of incorporation may also help us consider how incorporation of internal and external memory occurs in cognition. We additional argue that, if we accept that there is such a thing as the storage of information outdoors the mind - and that this organic, dynamic process will also be called "Memory Wave Program" - then we open the door to a really completely different world. The mind just isn't static. The mind, and the memory it uses, is a work in progress